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‘Jesus is walking ahead of us. He is always before us. He goes ahead of us and leads the way. This is the source of our confidence and our joy: to walk with Jesus. And this is not easy, or comfortable, because the way that Jesus chooses is the way of the cross. Yet we know that Jesus has won, and that we need not fear the cross.’
‘The Church needs your courage, to proclaim the Gospel at all times … The Church needs your compassion, especially at this time of pain and suffering for so many countries throughout the world … The Church needs us also to be peacemakers, building peace by our words, our hopes and our prayers.’
‘Let us walk together behind the Lord, and let us always be called together by him, in the midst of his faithful people.’
Pope Francis believes that every single action we perform should take us a step closer to God and to our neighbour. The image of ‘walking’ is central to his teaching for us as individuals and as a Church. Through faith in Jesus we can walk beyond our walls with confidence, reaching out to those we meet on the road and on the very outskirts of human existence where the cries of the poor, the marginalised and the oppressed can be heard.
Walking with Jesus presents the heart of his teaching on this theme, arranged and edited as a single book for the first time and with the full approval of the Vatican Publishing House. Like his first book The Church of Mercy, it is indispensable reading for all believers.
It includes a Preface by Giuliano Vigini, Professor of the Sociology of Contemporary Publishing at the Catholic University of Milan.
Pope Francis is the 266th and current Pope, the worldwide leader of the Catholic Church
